Margaret Ellen Fox

Unknown MissingCold Case

Updated September 22, 2023

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Missing Persons Details

_{Known As} Margaret Ellen Fox
Missing from Burlington, New Jersey - USA	Nationality American	Case Entered June 26, 2021	Status Cold Case
Current Classification Unknown Missing	Source of Record NamUs	Last Updated September 23, 2023	Verified

Physical Description

Gender Female	Age When Reported Missing 14	Age As of Today 63	Race Caucasian/White
Hair Color Brown	Eye Color Blue	Height 5'2"	Weight 105lbs

Last Seen Wearing	Fox wore eyeglasses and was last seen wearing jeans with a yellow patch on the knee, a blue blouse, a white and black checkered jacket, and brown sandals with a heel strap. She was also wearing a gold necklace with flowers and a blue stone, and gold charm bracelet with a blue stone. Margaret was carrying an eyeglass case with a Huckleberry Hound design on it.
Distinguishing Features	At the time of Margaret Ellen Fox's disappearance, two of her top front right teeth were missing.
Known Medical Conditions

Details of Disappearance

Margaret Ellen Fox was last seen by family or friends on June 24, 1974 in Burlington, New Jersey - USA .

Margaret Ellen Fox was last seen on 06/24/1974. Fox travelled by bus to meet with a man calling himself "John Marshall" and had advertised a babysitting job.

Margaret was planning to go by bus near Mill and Main Streets in Mount Holly, New Jersey, for interview with "John Marshall" in regards to babysitting his young son.

The man's phone number was later traced to a pay phone in a local supermarket. Margaret was seen getting on the bus in Burlington, New Jersey, at approximately 8:40 a.m. en route to Mt. Holly. However, following getting on the bus, Fox was never seen or heard from again.

Fox was 14 years old when she went missing, and would currently be approximately 61 years old.

(Alternate POC: New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit, Stephen Urbanski, Detective, (609) 882-2000)

**The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the subject(s)
responsible for the disappearance of Margaret Ellen Fox.**

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Margaret Ellen Fox , you are encouraged to contact the Burlington City Police Department at (609) 386-3300, ask for Not Provided. Be sure to have the case number 745503 available as you will need it.

Additional Case Numbers

NamUs

MP6077

FBI Information

FBI Field Office Division

Newark

(973) 792-3000

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